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Friday, May 22, 2015

Five on Friday - Game Night Edition

Grab your favorite
snacks and get ready to have a ball! Here are a few of my favorite games to
play on family or friends game night!

Each team has two minutes
to sound out three puzzles. The puzzles, contain small words that, when put
together, make a word or phrase. For example, "These If Hill Wore"
when pronounced quickly sounds like "The Civil War." Another example
would be "Eye Mull of Mush Sheen" quickly spoken it sounds like
"I'm A Love Machine." There are two levels of difficulties: easy and
hard. The faster the puzzles are answered, the more points the players score.

Catch phrase is one
of my family’s favorite games to play. The game is played in two teams. The
goal for each player is to get their team to say the word or word phrase
displayed in the disc. One member of a team starts the timer and tries to get
his or her team to guess the displayed word or phrase. When the team guesses
correctly, the other team takes its turn. Play continues until the timer runs
out. The team not holding the disc when time runs out scores a point. They also
have one chance to guess the word or phrase, with team members allowed to
confer; a correct answer earns a bonus point. The first team to score 7 points
wins.

It’s the opposite of
Catch Phrase. Instead of one person giving the clues to the team, the team is
giving the clues to the person holding the phone to their head. It is a great
app that everyone should have for an impromptu game night!

All you will need are a pair of headphones
that cup around your ear so you can’t hear the other person. You can either
make a list of phrases or just come up with them on the spot. One person will
put the headphones on their head with loud music playing so they can’t hear the
other person. The person without the headphones will mouth a phrase or word to
their opponent. The object is to try and figure out what phrase or word the
other is saying withouth hearing the words. Here are a few great examples!

Each players take
turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each
block removed is then balanced on top of the tower, creating a progressively
taller but less stable structure. The game ends when the tower falls, or if any
piece falls from the tower other than the piece being knocked out to move to
the top. The winner is the last person to successfully remove and place a
block.

I hope you are
inspired to have a family or friend game night tonight! Have a great weekend!